Developed in coordination with country national emergency plans, the global plan builds on India’s success in stopping polio transmission and outlines a range of new strategies and initiatives to better support eradication efforts, including:

Intensified focus on worst-performing areas of Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan to increase vaccination coverage by end of 2012 to levels needed to stop transmission;

New approaches tailored to each country to tackle persistent challenges and improve polio vaccination campaign performance;

Heightened accountability, coordination and oversight to ensure success at every level of government and within every partner agency and organization;